Bottle-washing machine.



-J. A. FRINGE BOTTLE: WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APRv 4q 1910.

' Patented Jan-10,1911,

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. A. Human. BOT'IILE WASHING MACHINE.

LPPLIOATIONII'ILED APR.4. 1910.

' Patented Jan. 10,-19 11'.-

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QSLQQQ Patented'Jan. 10, 19-11.

WITNESSES: 1 Z02 tfsolvent, such UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE .ie iw ,all whomitimay concern:

liefitknownsthat I, Jo NyA, PRINCE, a izenyolf the United States, residing at p pity, county and State of'New "have" nvented: new and useful Imroyements 11in Bottle vVashing Machines, 'ofqgvvhich the following is a specification.

l construction, ,for cleaning bottles on exterior andinterior in a "quick and reliable manner, :and has, more particularly, 'fo'r 1ts,ob]ect to increase the efliciency of a similarima'chme patented to me on Decem- '.'..ber 6,'190 1,=un;c'ler No.77 6,5 1". :j ":lnthe accompanying drawings: Figure I 1 is a, side'elevation of my improved bottle washingmachine;Fig. 2 a detail of part of ,the soaking drums; 3 a right. hand. side 1 elevation of'the scrubbing mechanism; Fig. 4 a left hand s de-elevation thereof; Fig. '5 a lOIlglillldlllttLSGCltlOIliilllOllg'h"i111 internal -':rbrush;and cooperating parts; liigi- 6 a detail .of part of the brush reciprocating means;

Fig. 7 a detail of therolleractuating means; 2 Fig. 8a detail of one ofth'e wins for oscillating the-internalbrushes; Fig.9 a detail uof'one of the bottom br-ushes; Fig. 10 a detail of the drum-piping; Fig. 11 a detail of the camshaft; 'Figgli a detail of the rollers and cooperating partsfand Flg. 13 adetail perforated wall'sff' These drums dip with ftheirlovver 'sect'ionsintoj curved tanks or -"troughs"arrangedconcentrlc to the drums and' -direc'tly beneath" the sa1ne,,'so sup-' fiportfthe bottlesvoon'tained Within thejim m r ed pockets; 1

517' ai pinm imsta Taing i Spedification'of Letters latentkv Patented Application filed ltpri14,l1910. ser al No. 553,296;

This; invention relates" to a machine of asoda solution which; is p f secured to transverse shaftsfis, 5 9 connected ","by a 'chain' and receiving intermittent JOHN a. rimvcn, or NEW 1031;, N. Y.

' scripts-W SHING Maoninn i i, Ja ."10, 1911.

controlled by va'lve 2-1, whichsiarves to heat the solution if desired. The tank may be emptied through a discharge pipe 25 havin valve 26. Tanks 19, and-'20, contain prei erably pure water introduced through pipes 27, 28, provided Wltl1 V 1lVS Q9, '30, While outlet pipes 31 serve for emptying the tanks The Water entering tanks" 19, 20 may be heated by steam admitted into pipe 33. Suitable overflow pipes 34, 35, 36 take tanks have been filledto the desired level.

Drums 15,'16,;17,receive rotation from a counter-shaft 37,'l1ereinai ter referred, to, throu h a chain 38 and beveled gear Wheels 39 vfineflof' said wheels is secured to' a i shaft 40 mounted inbearings l1 and carrymg a Worm 42 that meshes into agear Wheel 43 secured't-o the axis of drum 17. Wheel 46, 47, of which wheels 45, 4!! are secured to the shafts oi." drums 16, 15, respectively.

It will be seenthatiby the mechanism deously rotated in the same direction. ,The bottles, inserted'into the pockets of drum .15, are thereby gradually lowered and drawn through the solvent-While their in- After the filled bottles have ascendedbeyond the liquid level of tank 16, the solvent thus emptied will, by gravity, slip out of the drum 15 and into drum 16, to be subsequently drawn through and filled with the clean water contained intank 19. '=Finally, the bottles are transferred to drum 17 to be again immersed into and drawn through freshwater, as will be readily understood. After thebottles'have thus been'thoroughly 17 and over-an inclined guard 48, to be'delivered upon rollers 49. 'I These rollers are hung in a frame 50 and receive continuous through chain 52, transverse beveled gear wheels 54.

, V v p M y In order to feed the bottles, along rollers 50 The drawing; shows three idrum's 15 16 o tanks 18, 19,120, ires zw 49 ,there are provided between each pair of carrying brushes 57 .which are adapted to engage the bottle bottoms. Arms 55, 56 are rotary motion in the ,following manner:

suchrollers, a pair of rotating arms 55,56,

27 through conduit 32' controlled by valve care of the surplusage of liquid after'tlie 43 drives a train of too'thedwheels 44, 45,

scribed, the several drums are simultaneterior becomes filled with "such solvent.

will run out of the bottles and the bottles,

soaked and emptied, theyslip out of drum rotary motion from a power shaft 51 shaft 53 and v 40 bodies, whilethe bottles are simultaneously The main shaft 51 of the machine, which rej'ceives rotation through a belt '61, is, by chain 62, connected tO COUHtGPShZIfiJ 37. To the latter is keyed a gear wheel 63 meshinginto;

a similar wheel 64: secured to a transverse,

'shaft 65, which transmits intermittent rotary movementto shaft 57 by mutilated gear wheels 66, 67 and chain 68. During their forward movement alongevolving 10.,roller's 49, the-bottles,aresubjected to the action of. a first scrubbing brush 70 that re I ceives continuous rotary movement from shaft 53 by chain 71. Brush 70 is" hung in arms 72'fwhich are loosely mounted on a transverse shaft 73 journaled in standards 74. Arms 72" may be adjustably clamped to slotted bra'ck'ets 75, so astof adapt the maj cllirie to bottles of various thicknesses.

In order to insure a positive rotation of '7 the bottles while cleaning the interior thereof, there is rovided'above each roller 49 a pressure roller 76. Rollers 76 are hung in bearings'77which are yieldingly mounted in 'cr'oss bars 78 supported by standards 74, 79,

"respectively. Intermediate each pair .ofad-' joining rollers76, a brush 80 is secured to a transverse shaft S1-which is hung in arms '82'fastened to shaft '73 and receives rotary movement from shaft 53 by chain 71. The

I 3'o la'tter receives oscillating movement from shaft 65 by means of steam 83 and a cam roller 81 carried by a lever 85 which is pivoted to the machine frame at 86. Lever 85, is, by a link 87 connectedto one ofthe arms 82, so as to impartan alterhatihg upward and downward movement to brushes 80. Th-ismovenient is so't'imed that the brushes are gradually vraised afterhaving scrubbed j the bottle necks to acconimodatdthebottle fed underneath brushes 80 by the bottom brushes 57. i a

For scrubbing the interior of the bottles" there is reciprocably mounted a crosshead- 4'5 '88 in which are rotatably fitted a series of sleeves 89 arranged in the paths of bottles f Ayandhaving flaring ends 90, 91. To each:

- he of cross head '88 islsecured a chain 92- running over roller '93 and carrying a5 counterweight 94,-weights 94 tending't or .*draw' the cross head against fixed: stops '95. Head 88 is provided with rollers 96 traveling on rails 97 and with a pair of rods 98 that pass loosely through a pairof transverse beams 99 forming part of a carriage 100. At their outer ends, rods 98 pass- I through a. corresponding sleeve"*'101';ofian oscillating water supply pipe 102,-'and.'a1 e headed as at 103. At each end, pipe 102 1s provided with a so'cket' 104 adapted for the;

' reception of :a gudgeon 105 formed on'an.

arm 106 that turns on an arbor 107.--' Each arm 106-is,.- by a link 108, connected to one arm of an elbow lever 109 pivoted at 110,

the other armof which carries a roller 111 .1 connects pipe 102 .with carriage 100. In

ings 128of carriage 100 and carries, at each in a common plane.

;toms of'the' bottlesiar'e thoroughly scrubbed. After the bottles have arrived underneath brushes 80, ,they {are temporarily arrested "and cross head 88, are, .by arms 106 ad-' to shaft 65, Opposite jgudgeon 105, each arm 106 is provided with a stud'll t whieh is embracedby an arm 115 that operatively alin'ement. with eacl'isleeve -89, there is rotatably mounted in suitable hearings 116 of beams'99, atube 117 that enters fpipe 102 cc. ends of tubes 117 are secured.the hollow stems 1190f internal brushes 120 which areadap ted' to be projectedthrough sleeves 89into .the bottles to be scrubbed. Pipe 102 is, by

a nipple 121 and a flexible tube, (not shown), connected to a suitable water supply, so as to introduce fresh waterthrou h'tubes 117 a i and hollow stems 119 into the ottleswhile the same are internally scrubbed.

v Brushes-120 arecontinuously rotated at high speed, so as to insure a proper internal scrubbing of the bottles, ,for'which purpose one of the arbors 107 carries a sprocket wheel which is-by'ehain122 connected to a sprocket wheel 123 loosely mounted upon stud 114. Sprocket wheel 123 is made integral with a similar wheel 124, which is, by chain .125, connected to a sprocket wheel 126 keyed to a transverse spindle 127. The latter is rotatablymounted in suitable bearend thereof, a beveled gear'wheel 129 meshing into a similar wheel 130. To each'whel 130 is secured-a spr'ocket'wheel 131 which, by a train of chains 132, simultaneously rotates all of the brushes 120 toward the center of the carriage. -The latte'rjis provided with wheels 13.3 traveling on rails 134 which are so curved thatthe axes of head 88', carriage and pipe l02, are always located 1105 When a row of bottles is discharged from-j drum 17, they will be intermittently fed along rollers 49 by brushes 57, to be sue cessively subjected to the action of rotary. brushes 70, 80,-so-that the sides and thebotand earriageiIOO,- together with-pipe 102 v vaneed toward the bottles, the movement of cross head 88 being effected by counter+ weights 94; When' the cross-head abuts against-stops 95,the bottle heads are received within flaring ends 90 of sleeves 89, (Fig. 5). ,By the continuing advance of carriage-100, the rotating-brushes 119, 120

are projected-into the bottles. Owing to the undulated section 112*,of cam groove 112, ,the brushesare slightly reciprocatcd within the .bottles' whilewater is. introduced through the hollowstems 119, so that a movementof,carriage 100, the brushes 119,130

' series of rotary internal brushes adapted 120 will firsthe withdrawn from thejbottles until head 103 is taken along by tube 102 to retract cross head 88 against the action brushes 80. The cleaned bottles descend along a chute 135 from which they may be removed in any suitable manner;

It'will be seen that by. the construction described, automatic means are provided for soaking the bottles and for scrubbing the interior and the exterior of the soaked bot tles in a quick, effective and reliable manner.

I claim:

1. A machine of the'character described, comprising a. plurality of cooperatingsoaking drums adapted to successively receive rows of bottles, automatic means for delivering the bottles from the drums to a series of rotating feed rollers, rbtating external brushes adapted to engage the bottles, a series of internal brushes, automatic means for projectingsaid internal brushes into the bottles and withdrawing them therefrom, and automatic means for removing .the

' bottles.

2. A machine of the character described, comprising a series of rotatable flared sleeves adapted to engage the bottle heads, a

to be projected through said sleeveszinto the bottles, and means for axially vibrating the brushes within the bottles.

3. A machine of the character described, 1

comprisin a series of feed rollers adapted to support a series of bottles, external brushes adapted to engage the bottles, a

- cross head having a series of rotatable flarer sleeves which are adapted to engage'the bottle heads, a fixed stop adapted to be engaged by sald cross head, a carriage, a series of r tary internal brusli'e's journaled therein and adapted tobe projected through said sleeves. into the bottles, means for axially vibrating the internal brushes within the bottles, and means for operatively connecting the cross head to the carriage.

4. A machine of the character described, comprising a series of feed rollers adapted tosupport a series of bottles, external brushes adapted to engage the bottles, a

cross heafl having a series of rotatable flared sleeves which are "adapted to. engage the bottle heads, a fixed stop adapted to be engaged" by said cross head, a weight operatively connected to the cross head, a car riage, a'series of rotary internal brushes journaled therein and adapted to be projected through said sleeves into the bottles, means for axially vibrating the internal brushes within the bottles, means for reciprocating the carriage, and means for operatively connecting the cross head to. the carriage.

NV. R. Semi L2, ARTHUR E. ZUMPE. 

